Welsh Rock

I absolutely love this image, Gary. First, the diagonals and colors, transiting the spectrum from red to blue and violet. Second, the forms; all hard rock; smoothed over time by wind and water; that make up the diagonals

Then there is the duality of the single, separate rock lying on top of the larger substrate rock. I showed my wife this image, because I loved it so much, and she did too and said, "Is that a potato?" I thought her off-hand comment interesting because we grow potatoes in rock remnants. (Sometimes when people ask me how old I am, and I'm retiring next week, I tell them I remember when dirt was invented and that before that all we had was rocks; this reminds me of those days.) And if potatoes have eyes, then perhaps this rock does too.

Then beyond this, I love the folds we see in these rocks which implies some sort of igneous or molton state at one point in time in the firery beginings of planet Earth, although it didn't have that name back then, now frozen hard. These lines, both on the base rock and the potato rock, provide reverse diagonals to the larger one of the composition itself.

Finally, we see that both are composed of yet smaller inclusions and that is consistent with our understanding of the morphology of everything, including ourselves; that we are aggregates of smaller things while ourselves being part of larger things; separate but also integrated and interconnected.

Gary, This is a wonderful image!! Really nice work on your composition and I love the light and colors. The textures in the larger version look fantastic. I really enjoy looking at this...Excellent work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

The bit of sunlight worked wonders on this small closeup scene, Gary. Great detail in the larger version too.

Nice abstract, Gary. I like the textures in the rock but I agree with you that its the contrasting color that make this image strong.

I like the simplicity of the image. The colors and comp all work together to make a nice capture.

Beautifully crafted image Gary. The transitioning colors and the lines. The scale is something that i keep guessing, and thats something i like about the image.

Balan Vinod

Wonderful contrast of warm and cool color Gary. I like the texture in the rocks and warm glow of the smaller stone.

ver good abstract, i specially like the colors

Hamed

Beautiful abstrach Gary. I love the somewhat pastel color and the rich texture. Very nicely done.

Beautiful subtle glow to me, Gary. The three-dimensional character adds a lot of interest for me.

Peter

I really like the combination of soft colors here, Gary. Nice textures too!

This light is excellent , with details in rock surface all comes together. Nice.

I love the soft light and the colors in this one. Also the composition looks very appealing. Wonderful image and excellent work

I like the luminescence here a lot! The colors are lovely!

Fantastically simple and effective. Great soft color and light, and the yellow rock against the purples is brilliant.

Very nice! Exactly the kind of photography I enjoy.

Hi Gary You captured the texture and the colors of the stone beautifully
Albert Darmo

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

Happy retirement John,

Cheers, Gary.